Best PlacesEgnar, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Egnar, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Egnar ranks 41,303rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Egnar
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Egnar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Egnar ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 77% of towns
Where Egnar ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,481 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Egnar
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Egnar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,515, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Egnar's effective rate of 0.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Egnar
Egnar runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Egnar.
Who works in Egnar, and how
Work in Egnar centers on public administration and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Egnar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Egnar.
What the weather is like in Egnar, month by month
Egnar sees roughly 188 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 37° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Egnar
The nearest airport, Cortez Municipal, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 235 miles away.
The best schools in and around Egnar
Schools across Egnar average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seventh Street Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telluride Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Monticello HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Telluride High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Dove Creek High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Egnar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Egnar measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Egnar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Egnar
Is Egnar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Egnar ranks 41,303rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Egnar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $410,745. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $64,515 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Egnar safe?
Egnar is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $845 per resident a year.
Compare Egnar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Egnar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Egnar represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Egnar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Egnar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Egnar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Egnar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Egnar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Egnar detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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